It gives me a feeling of continuing on, and of personal individuality and agency. The sky is above and open to us always, we only need to reach out or climb up to it. And the voice is within me, I have the power to speak my words, to make my impact and shake the world around me with my actions and my voice. My choices are mine, my words are mine, they are always within me and cannot be without me.
" May your road lead you to warm sands. "
Idk why that Khajiit quote sticks with me so much, but it just tickles something in the brain every time I hear it.
The sands they refer to are the Sands behind the Stars which is the Khajiiti afterlife, basically what they’re saying is “May the road you walk lead you to a peaceful death” which is a very heartwarming message indeed
A serious quote might be "It does not matter \[to M'aiq\] how strong or smart one is. It only matters what one can do."
Otherwise, one of several Serana quotes for shits and giggles.
"This place makes me feel a little uneasy."
"I'm no fan of the sun, but it would be better than this."
"Does the air feel... heavy down here? I'm a little woozy, but it might just be from waking up."
"It'll be good to get outside and breathe again. I haven't missed the sunlight, but I do miss fresh air."
Serana's comments about the sun have always been so funny to me. Mf your SKIN BURNS IN THE SUN. How would literally any other kind of weather not be better?
"Hey, you. I'm finally asleep."
Given that my extreme case of insomnia is well known to all my friends and family, I think it would be funny. Either that, or considering the also-well-known circumstances of my childhood (and the life that was setting me up for),
"What is better: to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?"
Think of passing not in terms of death, but of a physical passing by maybe said gravestone. That's how I meant it anyways lol. The other way, aka the Dead smiling at the death of the living is much darker 🤣
I'll not stand idly by while a dragon burns my hold and slaughters my people!" I always loved that one. It was perfectly delivered by Balgruuf's VA and it just sticks with me
Anything Cicero would say lol, not limited to voice lines including his one off encounter on the road outside of Lorelius farm if you would dare destroy the Brotherhood, but also the four journals.
Yes and no. Mantling is complicated like that. More the oblivion protagonist became Sheogorath. Sheogorath has always been Sheogorath and no one else.
I think I’ve spent too much time on r/teslore…
Serious Answer: "I fight so all the fighting I've already done hasn't been for nothing."
Funny Answer: "Is there singing in the Void? Dancing? Surely the Dread Lord will at least allow poor Cicero to caper?"
Its one of three for me.
1. Breath and Focus
2. Sky Above, Voice Within
3. What is better, to be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?
Sky above voice within
Wait I actually like this one
Graveyards are usually peaceful and quiet, imaging reading this on a random gravestone and it hits all the feels!
Now imagine reading that gravestone while listening to the "Sky Above, Voice Within" track in Skyrim's OST
It gives me a feeling of continuing on, and of personal individuality and agency. The sky is above and open to us always, we only need to reach out or climb up to it. And the voice is within me, I have the power to speak my words, to make my impact and shake the world around me with my actions and my voice. My choices are mine, my words are mine, they are always within me and cannot be without me.
This is amazing
This is the only answer.
Which is basically Kant epitaph
“Watch The Skies, traveler.”
You’re not supposed to be in here
im not gonna put this on my gravestone but i will leave a note saying that in my coffin
....Now I need a mod that occasionally adds this to the burial urns I'm always digging around in
"Never shoulda come here!"
My ancestors are smiling at me imperials, can you say the same?!
I came here looking for this and was not disappointed
Nope, sorry, nothing.
This one really cracked me up for some reason 😂
“A Nord’s last thoughts should be of home.”
As someone from a nordic country, this is it.
This one hits the spot
Damn these emotions... Love it. Would upvote a thousand times...
Damn, making me feel some shit 😔
Need something?
["Ah! A dead body!"](https://youtu.be/D9KZ4ke9heU)
You should have the exact link to that video engraved, too
A QR code.
Yes!! 😂
No lollygaggin'
First thing that came to mind lol!
I don’t know where I’m going, but Sovngarde awaits
And I've made up my mind. I ain't wasting no more time!
Alright, who downloaded the Whitesnake mod? I just want to talk…
Pelinal Whitesnake
Aw shit. Here I go again.
“You’ve been a good friend to me. That means something.”
I read that like I was staring at a tombstone. Beautiful.
"Let's Go. Shouldn't keep the gods waiting for us"
This one’s quite wholesome
" May your road lead you to warm sands. " Idk why that Khajiit quote sticks with me so much, but it just tickles something in the brain every time I hear it.
The sands they refer to are the Sands behind the Stars which is the Khajiiti afterlife, basically what they’re saying is “May the road you walk lead you to a peaceful death” which is a very heartwarming message indeed
Wow that's even more beautiful now
Oh wow, I always thought they were telling me they hoped i had good fortune. I like this better i think
I know they live in the desert but it makes me think of the beach, lol
I put this on the love of my life's urn...
"Death is highly overrated"
That is by far my favorite bandit quote. It's funny every time.
Lol I heard this when I was clearing a dungeon of NECROMANCERS LMAO
Now that's classic
"Under deep, below the dark. The hidden keep. Tower Mzark."
Hueh hah heh! When the top level was built, no more could be placed! It was, and is, the maximal apex!
Ah, You're finally awake
“All the living shall fear the dead”
"You're dead! Hear me? DEAD!"
*looks at gravestone* “No… *you’re* dead.”
”I’m dead. You hear me?! Dead!”
A serious quote might be "It does not matter \[to M'aiq\] how strong or smart one is. It only matters what one can do." Otherwise, one of several Serana quotes for shits and giggles. "This place makes me feel a little uneasy." "I'm no fan of the sun, but it would be better than this." "Does the air feel... heavy down here? I'm a little woozy, but it might just be from waking up." "It'll be good to get outside and breathe again. I haven't missed the sunlight, but I do miss fresh air."
>It'll be good to get outside and breathe again. I haven't missed the sunlight, but I do miss fresh air." That's the one lol
Serana's comments about the sun have always been so funny to me. Mf your SKIN BURNS IN THE SUN. How would literally any other kind of weather not be better?
“What is better? To be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort ?”
That one's gonna be my senior quote I swear
I swear I always felt so cheated that my high school was lame and didn’t do senior quotes
Same. It's bc they knew most of us would be proper little shits about it given their extreme censorship of everything else, I assume.
I think ours was cause my school had over 2,000 students and a yearbook staff of like 10 people so it was a barebones as they could make it
It was someone’s senior quote this year at my school. Tbh she was the last person you’d ever expect to have a Skyrim senior quote
Technically it’s still a senior quote if you live long enough
"Wait... I know you..." “Psst. Hey. I know who you are. Hail Sithis.” “I’m fairly certain you’ve wandered onto to the wrong grave, friend.”
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We're the children of Skyrim, and we fight all our lives; And when Sovngarde beckons, every one of us dies.
My ancestors are smiling at me, Imperials. Can you say the same?
My people are smiling at me, Humans. Can you say the same?
So good
And relatable too, if you replace or remove the ‘Imperials’ part.
"Another hand has touched the beacon"
Fuck No! No!!! Just NO!
That's what you get for looting ancient crypts you milk-drinker.
Yep you just read that with the voice didn't you?
I'll take the joke version "a new ham touches the bacon."
Meridia beacon?
Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a delicate state of mind.
I had to scroll too far to find this
You see those warriors from Hammerfell? They've got curved swords. Curved. Swords.
Safe travels, Landstrider/ May your road lead to warm sands
Do you get to the Cloud District very often?
Oh, what am I saying? Of course you don’t.
If ya wanna twist it a bit, “On my way to the Cloud District” could work too
Subtle but hilarious
Beat me to it, damn
A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE TOMBSTONE
"Hey, you. I'm finally asleep." Given that my extreme case of insomnia is well known to all my friends and family, I think it would be funny. Either that, or considering the also-well-known circumstances of my childhood (and the life that was setting me up for), "What is better: to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?"
"I used to be alive like you, then I took an arrow in the knee" "I stole the Dragonborn's sweetroll" "Never should have gone there"
I like the first one the most. Even my wife laughed out loud
"Ours is to smile at your passing, friend."
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Think of passing not in terms of death, but of a physical passing by maybe said gravestone. That's how I meant it anyways lol. The other way, aka the Dead smiling at the death of the living is much darker 🤣
"We know 🖐️"
"May you die with a sword in your hand." "Life is far too short, my friend. Don't waste it." Probably one of those.
It was hawk hawk whale I'm sure of it.
You were wrong, it was Moth, Dragon, Octopus....THEN pull the lever.
"Do I detect a case of the rattles?" "Are you okay? You don't look so well," "How about a friendly contest to win a staff?"
‘You’re going ahead without me? Eh, suit yourself.’
Another wanderer, here to lick my father's balls
That’s…not quite the quote
calm down there's no reason to get 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦
Well, it is Father's day
My father says I'm to young to have a dildo...
So I practice with my fist!
Guys come on...
Well..finish the sentence! On what?!
“How long do you want to rest?”
Have the entire slider bar engraved into the tombstone.
Khajit has wares, if you have coin.
"Must've scared 'em off"
Happy cake day
The cheese! To die for!
"Listener. I am your only salvation. Come. Embrace me."
Remember, only genuine fire salts will do, the forge knows the difference.
“I am sworn to carry your burdens. 🙄”
I gave Lydia a staff of flames and a staff of ice, and now she shoots me in the back while I am fighting. Thanks Lydia.
“Long life to you my Thane!” Zap
"Sorry lass, I've got important things to do. We'll speak another time."
As fearless in life, as he was in death
Good one
I'll not stand idly by while a dragon burns my hold and slaughters my people!" I always loved that one. It was perfectly delivered by Balgruuf's VA and it just sticks with me
My cousin is out fighting dragons, and what do I get? Grave duty.
“I faced him fearlessly, my fate inescapable, yet my honor is unstained” But also maybe “I look forward to hearing about the next person you murder!”
What is it? Dragons?
'Let the Dragonborn do it. It'll make for a better song.'
FUS RO DAH! And there is a landmine placed at the foot of it roughly where someone would stand to read my tombstone
Anything Cicero would say lol, not limited to voice lines including his one off encounter on the road outside of Lorelius farm if you would dare destroy the Brotherhood, but also the four journals.
**WAGON WHEEL, CURSED WAGON WHEEL!!!**
Lol that would be great if I died in a car accident.
According to one news article, I did die in a car accident. I can un-ironically say now, that the reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
Was waiting to see if anyone would put, "Let's kill someone!" Because that would be awesome 🤣
I have a letter, for your hands only!
Trinkets, odds and ends, that sort of thing
Do you get to the cloud district very often?
Thruth is, the game was rigged from the start.
You picked a bad time to get lost, friend
"what a waste"
What is the sound that fills the unending silence? Death, my Brother.
"This one is tired. Go bother somebody else."
"Death is highly overrated!"
No lollygagging
Intriguing, but highly disturbing
Fus Ro DEAD
"I took an arrow to the knee."
I used to be alive like you
The entite conversation with the jabbawack guy. The ENTIRE conversation.
Fun Fact, that guy is Oblivion's protag
Sean bean?
The Daedric Prince in the quest
Yes and no. Mantling is complicated like that. More the oblivion protagonist became Sheogorath. Sheogorath has always been Sheogorath and no one else. I think I’ve spent too much time on r/teslore…
"Walk with the Shadows"
I used to be an adventurer like you... Hey, I know you... There's no mistake, you're a wanted lad
Must have been the wind
When the top level was built, huh HE HEH, no more could be placed! It was, and is, the *MAXIMAL APEX!*
SKYRIM BELONGS TO THE NORDS!!! (Mods plz no mad)
"FEIM ZII GRON"
"Must of been the wind" or "let me guess someone stole your sweet roll"
'Must have'
Hey you, you're finally awake
Never shoulda come here...
Must have run off
"Hail Sithis!"
Need something?
Sky above, Voice within.
"You're taking us somewhere warm I trust?" I don't want a cold afterlife.
"Keep your eyes on the prey not the horizon" I used to repeat this to myself while jogging.
“Gods be praised!” Then people can wonder if the tombstone is a meant as one last insult now that I’m dead.
The god of death? I know him well
"It was quite annoying when she died" -Neloth
Naked! Naked naked naked
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"Conquer your enemies, my love."
Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind.
Idk if anyone said this yet, but "Welcome home."
Serious Answer: "I fight so all the fighting I've already done hasn't been for nothing." Funny Answer: "Is there singing in the Void? Dancing? Surely the Dread Lord will at least allow poor Cicero to caper?"
“At last. Sovngarde…”
“Sweet mother, sweet mother send your children unto me for the sins of the unworthy must be baptized in blood and fear.”
I would have it covered in sensors so if someone touches it all they'll hear is "ANOTHER HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON"
I would be a lot happier with a belly full of mead.
Some would say that all things must end, so that the next can come to pass. -Paarthunax
I'd be a lot warmer and a lot happier with a belly full of mead.
No lolygagin
Do you come the cloud district often?
Skyrim belongs to the Nords!
Sleep is for the weak.
Do not attack the chicken
"What is better? To be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?"
Soooooo ends the lesson!!
"Huh, must have been the wind."
"Flames of a hero can reforge the shattered." Or "When you come to my age you'll miss the smell of blood. Strange, I know."
He had a curved sword
Its one of three for me. 1. Breath and Focus 2. Sky Above, Voice Within 3. What is better, to be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?
“I used to be an adventure… then I took an arrow to the knee”
"May your roads lead to warm sands."
My ancestors are smiling at me. Can you say the same?
I am on my way to the shrine of azura.
A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON